1. Blok expertů, Masarykova Universita Brno, 22.3.2012
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Petr Přidal

2. Kdo jsem?
Computer Science, FI MU, MZK, Diplomova
prace + Stare mapy online, Google SOC, open-
source developer: GDAL2Tiles, MapTiler,
OpenLayers, MPlayerOSX, WebGL Earth, ...
CEO male svycarske spolecnosti: inovativni
mapove aplikace: British Library, David
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Kontrakty, open-source vyvoj, granty
TEMAP.cz - Technologie pro zpřístupnění
mapových sbírek ČR

3. Mise
Umoznit lidem najit stare mapy
zvolene oblasti z instituci po
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4. Tato prezentace
OldMapsOnline.org
Katalogizace map v knihovnach
Georeferencer & crowdsourcing
Co v budoucnu?
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5. Petr Pridal <petr.pridal@klokantech.com>

6. Project targets
The gateway to scanned maps in libraries
around the world
Intuitive search by location
Indexing maps from several institutions
One click to view the map in high resolution
Free to access and open for contributions
Audience: general public, genealogists,
historians, researchers

7. www.oldmapsonline.org

8. We want to...
Bring online visitors to the websites of
participating institutions to view the maps
Promote the map libraries and their content
Do proper crediting: logo and links back
Store only minimal metadata & thumbnails
Make it easier to discover the scanned maps
Boost the number of online visits of maps
Allow users to find maps from “deep web”

9. Contributors
British Library, David Rumsey, National
Library of Scotland, Moravian Library, VoB
Next: New York Public Library, Harvard,
Cambridge, Oxford, ...
Negotiations: Library of Congress, HMW, ...
Anybody else...

10. Announcement
New York: NYPL, 25th February
London: 29th February
Barcelona: ICA, April
Prague: June
Online media, etc.

13. Post announcement
Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest
Online journals
TV shots
Over 32.000 visitors per day!
130+ concurrent visits in the same moment
Scheduled BBC announcement, and more...

14. Mar 4, 2012 http://blogs.tv3.cat/espaiinternet.php?itemid=44979
Mar 5, 2012 http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/5/2847607/old-maps-online-60000-library-search
Mar 6, 2012 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/03/easy-access-to-days-gone-by-with-old-maps-
online/
Mar 6, 2012 http://www.telegraaf.nl/digitaal/11657634/__Oude_kaarten_online_verzameld__.html
Mar 6, 2012 http://www.connect.ro/2012/03/06/descopera-harti-ale-romaniei-din-perioada-
medievala-cu-old-maps-online/
Mar 7, 2012 http://genealogy.about.com/b/2012/03/07/old-maps-online-a-new-way-to-locate-
historical-maps.htm
Mar 7, 2012 http://playtech.ro/2012/old-maps-online-cum-era-impartita-lumea-acum-500-de-ani/
Mar 7, 2012 http://www.lastampa.it/_web/cmstp/tmplrubriche/tecnologia/grubrica.asp?
ID_blog=30&ID_articolo=10171&ID_sezione=38
Mar 8, 2012 http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/03/old-maps-online-lets-you-find-your-way-
around-17th-century-holy-roman-empire.ars
Mar 8, 2012 http://itcafe.hu/hir/terkep_old_maps_online.html
Mar 8, 2012 http://goo.gl/zYAiP
Mar 9, 2012 http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/education/
google_maps_of_yesteryear_1_3570512
http://blogs.tv3.cat/espaiinternet.php?itemid=44979

15. http://mapy.mzk.cz/

16. http://mapy.mzk.cz/

18. Technology
Based on the MapRank Search technology
http://www.mapranksearch.com/
Released in 2010 by Klokan Technologies
for Swiss project Kartenportal.ch, improved
for Czech libraries and for David Rumsey
Useful for large metadata catalogs +
geospatial repositories.
Details in the article published in D-Lib:
doi:10.1045/september2011-oehrli

19. OMO sustainability
Project actively developed now - until
January 2013. Basic maintenance covered
by JISC until 2018.
Google Ads to help cover the hosting costs.
Participation on a future research projects
for improvements of the technology and
optimizations of the tool.

20. How can you help?
Use the system & send us ideas for
improvement and report bugs
Share: blog, twitter, facebook, google+
We are calling for contributing institutions
Georeferencer
Direct submission of maps from
individuals at later point (technically more
problematic)

21. Requirements for inclusion
High resolution (300dpi+ or 2 Megapixel+)
maps with a zoomable viewer online
Permanent URL with direct access - no
password or payment required
Metadata with DublinCore elements
supplied in a spreadsheet (XLS). Later OAI-
PMH harvesting.
Bounding box (MARC 034, DCMI BOX, ...)
http://project.oldmapsonline.org/contribute

22. Bounding box

23. Bounding box encoding
MARC: field 034
034: $$dE0055700$$eE0102900$$fN0474800$$gN0454900
255: $$cE 5°57'00"-E 10°29'00"/N 47°48'00"-N 45°49'00"
DublinCore: DCMI Box
DCMI BOX: westlimit=5.9559; southlimit=45.818;
eastlimit=10.4921; northlimit=47.8084
ISO 19115 / FGDC

24. Bounding Box / Geoparser
BoundingBox Tool: Cataloguing of
physical maps - manual selection of area
on top of an online base map (used by
MZK.cz, Swiss libraries, David Rumsey, ...)
Geoparser: Semi-automatic process - with
suggestion of the area by analyzing
existing textual metadata. Contact us.
http://boundingbox.klokantech.com/

25. LIVE DEMO
boundingbox.klokantech.com

26. Georeferencer
It allows to turn the existing online scans
into geodata in a web browser
Support true collaborative editing
It retains log of all operations (a la
Wikipedia) - you can adjust it with a few
clicks

27. britishlibrary.georeferencer.com
http://player.vimeo.com/video/36419466
http://help.georeferencer.org

28. Georeferencer
3D visualization (Google Earth)
Accuracy analysis (MapAnalyst)
Bounding Box (metadata enrichment)
Institution can internally generate geodata
(GeoTIFF)
Optional: WMS and WMTS for scanned
maps in libraries. One per revision.

29. Georeferencer
No need to install anything in the
institution or even submit the high resolution
images!
Cloud application - it runs as a service.
The scans are hosted only in the original
institution digital repository or websites
(Zoomify, MrSID, Djatoka, IIPImage
JPEG2000, Luna, ContentDM, Omeka,
ExLibris, etc.)

30. Georeferencer
Easy integration with the institution website
with a simple API and “intelligent links”.
Widgets & live data outputs available.

31. Georeferencer
Enhanced crowdsourcing support:
Motivation, competition, rewarding, progress
indicators, graphs - live widgets to include in
the websites of the library

32. Georeferencer
The British Library Pilot: 720+ maps done in
less then a week by online visitors!
Dutch Nationaal Archief: closed group of 13
volunteers, 650 difficult maps in a month
National Library of Scotland, first open pilot
MZK Czech Republic: students

33. LIVE DEMO
maps.bl.uk
crowdsourcing widgets

34. Georeferencer
Development started and continues in
collaboration with R&D department of
Moravian Library in Brno, Czech
Republic.
Target: open platform for personal online
research.
Under development: Semantic annotations
(LinkedData), URI (Identifiers) with
detection of duplicates and automatic
georeferencing, map series, etc.

35. Future
Social integration & “personalization”
Motivation, “Facebook app”, games
“Story telling” stories behind the maps
Addressing “places” on maps, gazetteers
Linked data and semantic search
Improved performance and scalability
Mobile applications - iPad, iPhone, Android

36. Old Maps Online
www.oldmapsonline.org
... thank you ...
petr.pridal@klokantech.com